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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what does the dummy in the trunk say his name is?
(a) Pontchartrain.
(b) Pynchon.
(c) Puddentain.
(d) Poussaint.

2. What is another of Bobby's nicknames for John?
(a) Tall Oak.
(b) Ancient One.
(c) Mossy Creek.
(d) 'Bama.

3. Who owns the restaurant or the building that the restaurant is in that Kline and Bobby go to?
(a) Michael Vitti.
(b) Jack Bonnano.
(c) Alfredo Corleone.
(d) Carlos Marcello.

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what becomes of the woman that John asked to marry him?
(a) She left the country.
(b) She became a nun.
(c) She married another man.
(d) She became a cardiac surgeon.

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl think that she and her other classmates look like in their all white clothes?
(a) Like clouds in the sky.
(b) Like angels in heaven.
(c) Like snow in a field.
(d) Like dead children in a dream.

6. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, why does John say that he is in a brown study?
(a) Tulsa has left.
(b) John's parole officer broke up with him.
(c) John is broke.
(d) John's boots were stolen.

7. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say to the waiter that he definitely does not want?
(a) Water.
(b) A menu.
(c) Wine.
(d) A cocktail.

8. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, how does John sum up Bobby's history?
(a) As a man who dances with fate.
(b) As a man who has been rejected by God.
(c) As a man broken on the wheel of devotion.
(d) As a man whose tragedy is his sun.

9. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, where does Bobby go to work after returning from his grandmother's house?
(a) On a jack-up rig off the coast of Florida.
(b) On a salvage dive off the Gulf coast.
(c) On a science boat in the Atlantic.
(d) On a river in Houston, Texas.

10. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does he switch his major to?
(a) Silent cinema.
(b) Actuarial science.
(c) Physics.
(d) Classical piano.

11. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what book does Bobby read while he is on his dive job?
(a) Behemoth.
(b) Leviathan.
(c) The Portable Atheist.
(d) Man and Citizen.

12. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, Where does Bobby see John Sheddan?
(a) At Galatoire's.
(b) At Tujague's.
(c) At the Absinthe House.
(d) At Seven Seas.

13. Who calls John while he is recovering in Chapter 8?
(a) Bill Seals.
(b) Kline.
(c) Bianca Pharaoh.
(d) Janice from Seven Seas.

14. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what happens to Bobby's pet while he is away on the dive job?
(a) It makes a friend with a bird.
(b) It runs away.
(c) It gives birth to babies.
(d) It dies.

15. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, what is the dummy made out of?
(a) Glass.
(b) Wood.
(c) Metal.
(d) Clay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 8, where does Brat get admitted to school?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what is John's father's profession?

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, who gives the girl's father the snazzy fountain pen?

4. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, where do Bobby and John go to have lunch?

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, when Kline picks up Bobby, why does he motion to Bobby to be silent?

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